Archive for May 7th, 2010

It’s been another seriously busy week at the Alliance. Not only did we recognize the formation of the new Congressional Caucus on Homelessness and launch a brand-new website, we also put out the latest Community Snapshot, which highlights the progress in Alameda County, CA. They’ve reduced homelessness by 15% since 2003. Find out how they did it here.

This week on the Change.org End Homelessness blog, blogger Jessica Rowshandel also discussed news about the Congressional Caucus on Homelessness briefing. Plus, they featured a post by our very own Catherine An!

On Off the Charts, the Center on Budget names yet another reason for Congress to extend the Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) Emergency Contingency Fund: it’s helping create jobs for more than 180,000 people across the U.S. That’s in addition to preventing families from ending up homeless by providing income and short-term rent assistance. (Read our latest on the Emergency Contingency Fund here. The Center for American Progress was also talking TANF this week – check out what they have to say about changing TANF asset tests.

And let’s end on some good news: Memphis, a city where 1600 people experience homelessness each night, just announced that they’ve created a Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness. Hats off to Memphis! Plus, Cape Cod’s Point in Time Count showed a 10% decrease in the number of people experiencing homelessness.